Associate Director of Finance

3 weeks ago

Wakefield, United Kingdom NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board Full time

As a senior member of the Integrated Care Board (ICB), you will be responsible for leading on all aspects of financial governance for the ICB, including leading and managing the financial accounting/financial services team. The postholder will lead in such a way as to ensure they and the team meet the four requirements of Integrated Care Systems and in doing so for delivery of the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnerships mission: improve outcomes in population health and healthcare and so reducing health inequalities. tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access and so managing unwarranted variations in care. enhance productivity and value for money and so using our collective resources wisely; and help the NHS support broader social and economic development and so securing the economic and social benefits of investing in health and care.

The NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board was established on 1 July 2022 based on a highly collaborative model across 5 Places that have significant levels of devolved responsibilities (including for financial resources). This makes for a complex Statutory Body which requires some intricate yet agile financial and corporate governance capability to navigate the challenges that will inevitably arise from this model. This role is key in leading on all aspects of financial governance for the ICB, including the development of processes and procedural solutions to support the highly devolved nature of key functions across West Yorkshire such as financial stewardship arrangements, system reporting, and financial services/accounting for the ICB. This will necessitate the ability to provide leadership to a network of teams across the West Yorkshire health and social care system, adopting the approach for high performing teams as part of the matrix working that will be required on a regular basis.

The postholder will also need to have the skills to horizon scan, identify, engage with stakeholders and support the implementation of technological tools and solutions to support the automation of tasks that will inevitably be needed to run the finance function of such a complex system effectively without detrimental impact on the granularity of the data needed for effective and evidence-based decision making across the whole system. The post holder works at a strategic level and is integral to the ICBs major financial decision making as well as providing leadership to many teams within the organisation. The Associate Director of Finance will lead by example in terms of promoting and upholding the ICBs values and behaviours and will develop a culture of continuous improvement within the team and across the whole ICB. They will be responsible for identifying and adopting of key staff development tools to ensure the whole of the ICB finance function is able to aspire to and meet their full potential, and will lead on implementing #OneNHSFinance best practice across the function.

The post holder will provide professional and managerial leadership support for all aspects of the Financial Governance function of the ICB. The post holder will promote a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring the principles of openness, transparency and candour are observed and upheld in all working practices. The post holder will have, or acquire through training provided by the organisation, the appropriate level of safeguarding and knowledge, skills and practice required for the post and be aware of and comply with the organisations safeguarding protection policies and procedures. As a member of the Senior Finance management team, the post holder should be able to take collective responsibility for decisions made.

The full job description is attached, but below are the key highlights of the role: To provide support to the Deputy Director of Finance on advising the ICB on strategic and operational matters relating to all aspects of finance. Financial expert, being able to critically review, challenge and effectively utilise financial information for decision-making. To provide high quality interpretation of finance reports and recommend appropriate actions. To provide the Deputy Director of Finance with assurance on the quality of all statutory returns and required monitoring information including but not limited to the Annual Accounts and financial reporting to NHSE and ICB committees.

To interpret complex national policy and advise on the financial impact and recommended responses for the ICB and system partners. Providing key advice and leadership to the Deputy Director in proposing and drafting changes, implementation and interpretation to policies, guidelines, and service level agreements (SLAs) which may impact beyond own area of expertise. To have a critical liaison role with NHSE on behalf of the Deputy Director of Finance. Alongside Place Deputy Directors of Finance, to develop the operating model for the Finance Function.

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